A Study on Determining Factors of Amount of Gas Used in Japan

Abstract

Gas and electric power are one of the essential social infrastructure for social and economicactivities. The purpose of this research is to construct a gas' consumption model suitable for thedistribution and sales market of LP gas in Japan by utilizing temperature. As a method of predictingdemand, we would like to first create a model of power consumption and then apply it to LP gas. Analysisof customers' electric power and gas consumption can infer from what standpoint they were consumingpublic goods. Through this, we would like to offer users' reasonable prices to expand their choices andcontribute to the efficient use of social resources.